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December 2021

December 02, 2021

Banu Chosech L’garesh — Banishing the Darkness

Parashat Miketz, Genesis 41:1–44:17 By Rav Hazzan Ken Richmond | December 01, 2021 Hanukkah always...

November 2021

November 22, 2021

The Language of Fractals

Parashat Vayeshev (Genesis 37:1–40:23) By Matthew Schultz | November 22, 2021 The Torah speaks in the...

November 18, 2021

Say You Met An Angel

Parashat Vayishlach (Genesis 32:4-36:43) By Rabbi Gray Myrseth | November 15, 2021 He said, “Let...

November 10, 2021

The Languages We Speak

Parashat Vayetze (Genesis 28:10-32:3) By Leah Carnow | November 9, 2021 As I write, I...

October 2021

October 26, 2021

I’m a Stranger Here Myself

Chayei Sarah (Genesis 23:1–25:18) By Naomi Gurt Lind | Oct 25, 2021 “People are strange when...

October 21, 2021

It Takes Practice to Be Surprised
(Parashat Vayeira (Genesis 18:1-22:24)

By Rabbi David Maayan The first three verses of Parashat Vayeira present a number of puzzles to...

October 12, 2021

Life in a Spiral

Parshat Lech Lecha (Genesis 12:1–17:27) Yael Werber | Oct 12, 2021 Eleven years ago, I...

October 05, 2021

Beautiful & Broken: Abram’s Vision

Parashat Noah (Genesis 6:9–11:32) By Rabbi Or Rose | October 05, 2021 This week’s Torah...

September 2021

September 27, 2021

Difficult Beginnings

Parashat Bereshit, Genesis 1:1–6:8 By Dr. Susie Tanchel | September 27, 2021 “All beginnings...

December 2020

December 30, 2020

Sharing Our Legacies

Parashat Vayechi (Genesis 47:28 – 50:26) By Susan Shevitz | December 30, 2020 In this age of...

December 23, 2020

Unity or Division?

Parashat Vayigash (Genesis 44:18 – 47:27) By Rabbi Jim Morgan | Dec 21, 2020 This year we...

December 15, 2020

Chanukah Heroines of Yore

Parasha Mikeitz: Genesis 41:1-44:17 By Rachel Adelman | December 14, 2020 When we light Chanukah candles around the...

December 08, 2020

Refusing to be comforted

Parashat Vayeishev (Genesis 37:1–40:23) By Rabbi Minna Bromberg | December 8, 2020 My Moroccan-Israeli obstetrician here in...

December 02, 2020

What Violence is Being Perpetrated In My Name (And What Am I Going To Do About It)?

Parshat Vayishlach (Genesis 32:4 – 36:43). By Rabbi Avi Killip | December 2, 2020 Weekly Torah reading...

November 2020

November 25, 2020

Hallelujah for a Good Night’s Sleep

Parashat Vayetzei (Genesis 28:10–32:3) By Rabbi Jordan Braunig | November 25, 2020 I think we can all...

November 16, 2020

Generations and Their Wells

Parashat Toledot (Genesis 25:19-28:9) By Rabbi Arthur Green The narratives of Genesis, especially in readings for Va-Yera and Toledot,...

November 11, 2020

Sunrise, Sunset

Parashat Chayei Sarah (Genesis 23:1-25:18) By Rabbi Shira Shazeer | November 11, 2020 Saturday night, the sun...

November 05, 2020

“Return from the Place of Shattering”

Parashat Vayeira (Genesis 18:1-22:24) By Rabbi Ebn Leader | November 4, 2020 “And they made a covenant...

October 2020

October 26, 2020

Journeying towards the new world we are being shown

Parashat Lech-Lecha (Genesis 12:1 – 17:27) By Rabbi Adina Allen | Oct 26, 2020 Among the most...

October 21, 2020

Building Towers to Knock Them Down

Parashat Noach (Genesis 6:9-11:32) By Rabbi Becky SIlverstein | Oct 20, 2020 From the floor on which...

October 13, 2020

“In the beginning…”: Returning to the Wild Depths of Creation

Parashat Bereishit (Genesis 1:1-6:8) By Tom Reid | Oct 08, 2020 It is an interesting time to...

January 2020

January 07, 2020

Hindsight is Twenty-Twenty

Parashat Vayechi (Genesis 47:28-50:26) This Shabbat, we complete the first full week of the new...

December 2019

December 23, 2019

Fortune Telling and Fortune Shaping

By Rabbi Micha'el Rosenberg Miketz (Genesis 41:1-44:17) When you know a story very well, it’s...

December 16, 2019

I Dreamed a Dream

By Rabbi Avi Strausberg Parshat Vayeishev (Genesis 37:1-40:23) We have dreamed a dream and there...

December 04, 2019

Jacob’s Ladder: Finding Wonder in Life’s Highs, Lows, and Middles Too

Parashat Vayeitzei (Genesis 28:10-32:3) A few summers ago, my family was camping in Franconia Notch...

November 2019

November 25, 2019

Viewing Life Through A Lens of Abundance

By Rabbi Carol Glass Parshat Toldot (Genesis 25:19-28:9) My teacher and colleague Rabbi Marc Margolius...

November 19, 2019

Sarah Rabah: Or, An Abundance of Sarahs

Parshat Chayei Sarah (Genesis 23:1-25:18) By Sara Gardner When I was first assigned to write...

November 12, 2019

Resist. Laugh. Hope.

Parashat Vayera (Genesis 18:1-22:24) By Rabbi Jessica Kate Meyer, Rab`14 God walks into the tent...

November 06, 2019

“Go Forth” — Go to Yourself, for Yourself, and Beyond Yourself!

Parashat Lech Lecha (Genesis 12:1-17:27) By Batya Ellinoy This week’s Torah portion begins with God’s...

October 2019

October 29, 2019

Belief and Disbelief in the Face of Climate Change

Parashat Noach (Genesis 6:9-11:32) Noah is a man of little faith. This is what Rashi,...

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